Between Powell and JW, the DS flopsweat has to be dehydrating
[Judicial Watch] Judicial Watch released 143 pages of new records today from the U.S. Department of Defense, showing extensive communications between the Pentagon's Director of the Office of Net Assessment James Baker and Washington Post reporter David Ignatius.
Lawyers for Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn alleged in a November 1, 2019, court filing that Baker "is believed to be the person who illegally leaked" to Ignatius the transcripts of Flynn's December 29, 2016, telephone calls with Russian Ambassador Sergei Kislyak. The Washington Post published Ignatius' account of the calls on January 12, 2017, setting in motion a chain of events that lead to Flynn's February 13, 2017, firing as National Security Advisor and subsequent prosecution for making false statements to the FBI about the calls. U.S. Attorney John Durham is reportedly investigating the leak of information targeting Flynn.
Citing "the government's bad faith, vindictiveness and breach of the plea agreement," in January 2020 Flynn's attorney, Sidney Powell, moved to withdraw Flynn's 2017 guilty plea during the Mueller investigation. Flynn claims he felt forced to plead guilty "when his son was threatened with prosecution and he exhausted his financial resources." Last week, prosecutors provided Flynn's defense team with documentation of this threat, according to additional papers Flynn's lawyers filed April 24, 2020, in support of the motion to withdraw. 
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